Taxi-Hailing Battle Heats Up in New York
Hailo announced it raised a new $30 million round of funding led by Union Square Ventures. Here's what that means. Read story
Inside Uber's Latest Taxi Launch
Armed with a new transportation bill that's still awaiting the mayor's signature, the sedan-hailing app now calls certain cabs in Washington, D.C. Here's how... Read story
The Secret to Winning a Start-up Competition
Your PowerPoint is awesome (and memorized). Your pitch is crystal clear. You're adequately caffeinated and totally pumped up. Here's why that's just not eno... Read story
Mayra Jimenez: Starting From Scratch
Mayra Jimenez's swimwear company, The Orchid Boutique, highlights the talents of her native Colombia Watch video
How Shutterstock Went From Zero to IPO
Jon Oringer had created a dozen tech start-ups before buying one $800 camera to seed his own stock-photo business. Now that company is worth $760 million. Read story
Inside Geoloqi's Unusual (& Fascinating) Acquisition
There's nothing typical about founder Amber Case. And this isn't your typical M&A deal. Here's how it happened. Read story
Guy Kawasaki: Enchant Customers Like Apple, Zappos & Virgin
Investor and author Guy Kawasaki says the business world needs more charm. Here's his 10-step formula to enchant customers--and build a great big company. Read story
Facebook COO: Small Business Is Web's Holy Grail
As Sheryl Sandberg courts Madison Avenue and Wall Street this week, she discussed Facebook's IPO fallout and wooing small business. Read story
What Makes a Cool Office?
Short answer: It's more than just a billiards table and free soda. Design buffs weigh in on how to build a creative, collaborative, and innovative workspace. Read story
How 'Confidential' IPOs Are Changing the Market
In April, the JOBS Act ushered in a new way to go public. It's already popular. Read story
A Hard Day's Night
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Why I Love Giving Second Chances--to People and Machines
Michael Dadashi uses his electronics resale business to save lives, literally, by hiring recovering alcoholics to work for his company. Read story
Inside Thrillist's Grand Plan For Growth
Ben Lerer and Adam Rich's dude-centric e-commerce and newsletter company brought in $32 million last year, so what's the deal, man, with the new $13 million ... Read story
2 Guys Who Want to Teach the World to Code
Pair a whiz-kid programmer with a guy who can't learn to code, and what do you get? One of the biggest start-up stories of the year. Read story
Making Location Services Slick & Simple
Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case teamed up with location whiz Aaron Parecki to build a platform for mobile location services. (Oh, and they're helping save l... Read story
Introducing the 2 Young Men Who Made Pinterest
Pinterest, the beautiful, wildly popular, image-sharing site, was founded by three friends with vastly different skills and interests. Here's how it grew to ... Read story
The Law Is on Our Side (Because We Helped Write It)
Jessica Scorpio struggled for years to get her company, Getaround, off the ground, largely due to one massive roadblock. Read story
Shark Tank's Accidental Entrepreneur: Robert Herjavec
This CEO sold his last company to Nokia for $225 million. Now he's aiming for a billion-dollar business. Here's how Robert Herjavec went from penniless Canad... Read story
How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
Reddit, created by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, was one of the first start-ups out of the Y Combinator program to be acquired, making Ohanian a 23-year-... Read story
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Founders of Instagram
Two Stanford fellows built a pared-down photo app into a $1 billion idea. Here's the original story on Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger's early struggles. Read story
Where Pinterest Will Go From Here
Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann explains why the social network updated its profile pages, and future plans for more extensive changes. Read story
How Fear of Embarrassment Kept Pinterest Alive
Ben Silbermann, founder of the uber-popular social bulletin board site, explains why he persisted in building Pinterest despite its super-slow initial growth. Read story
SXSW Day 1: Startup Buses Take Texas
Arriving in San Antonio, 10 busloads worth of brand new companies unload their ideas on venture capitalists. And it gets crazy. Read story
Don't Miss These 5 Things at SXSW
SXSW Interactive is one of the biggest tech and start-up conferences of the year. It's also overwhelming. Here are our must-see sessions. Read story
Richard Branson: You're Taking Your Business Too Seriously
Chill out, make your workplace fun, and do something socially responsible with your wealth, says the founder of the Virgin Group. Read story
Richard Branson: My Plan to End Occupy Wall Street
The billionaire sympathizes with OWS, and he has a plan for sending the protesters home satisfied. Entrepreneurs, he wants your help. Read story
Innovation: A Blood Test on a Chip
Claros Diagnostics has created the mChip, which can produce accurate test results from a single drop of blood in 10 minutes. Read story
Dawn Halfaker: Continuing to Serve
After losing a limb in leading a platoon through an ambush in Iraq, Halfaker transformed her life of service in the military into a life of service through e... Read story
What Makes a "Cool" Office?
Inc.com's Christine Lagorio talks with Marc Kushner of Architizer about the 2011 World's Coolest Offices. Watch video
Which Has the Cooler Office, AOL or Facebook?
The same architect designed both innovative spaces. Will AOL's cool office stand the test of time, or do you "like" Facebook's better? Vote and help us decide. Read story
General Stanley McChrystal: Plywood Leadership
How are flimsy pieces of wood like the employees in your organization? The man who led coalition forces in Afghanistan explains why "plywood is a state of mi... Read story
Steve Case Spurs Entrepreneurship
Tomorrow AOL co-founder Steve Case will meet with Obama and his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Watch the video for a preview of his job-creation recomm... Watch video
Steve Case on Jobs's Legacy
In an interview with Inc.com's Christine Lagorio, Steve Case chokes up about Steve Jobs. Watch video
Barbara Corcoran's Sweet Smell of Revenge
The New York City real estate entrepreneur and author explains one of the more unusual motives behind her success. Read story
Real Estate Entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran: "Perception Creates Reality"
Barbara Corcoran explains how she used the press to go from the small-time realtor to the "broker to the stars." Read story
Gen. Stanley McChrystal on How to Lead Like a General
The retired four-star U.S. Army general overhauled communications for troops in Afghanistan. Today, he's a speaker and educator who thinks business leaders h... Read story
TrendWatch: U.S. Patent Reform
How could upcoming patent law changes impact your small business? Watch video
Do Entrepreneurs Need to Be Crazy?
And if they are, can they ever make a successful CEO? Read story
Barbara Corcoran's Grand Revenge
The Manhattan real-estate entrepreneur says her ex-boyfriend gave her "an insurance policy for success" for life. Read story
Leading Through Uncertainty: Lessons in Managing From the U.S. Military
In times of uncertainty or crisis, does your leadership style step up to the challenge? Chad Storlie, a retired U.S. Army Reserve Special Forces officer, say... Read story
